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Pope Francis: The Church is ready to accept the common date of Easter celebrations

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Pope Francis during the Vespers at the end of the 58th week of prayers for the unity of Christians declared that the Catholic Church is ready to accept the common date of Easter celebrations. He appealed to build solid ties and brotherhood between Christians of various denominations.

In the homily during the Saturday service in the Roman Basilica of Saint Paul behind the walls, in which delegations of other Christian denominations participated, the pope said that “hope never disappoints”. – It is also important for the lives of Christian communities, our churches and our ecumenical relations – he added.

He admitted that “sometimes we are overwhelmed by fatigue, discouraged by the results of our commitment; it seems to us that dialogue and cooperation between us do not give hope.”

The Pope repeated the appeal

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Francis reminded that this year is the 1700 anniversary of the first great ecumenical council of Nice. Former Nice in today's area Turkey It is currently the town of Iznik. The Pope had previously expressed the desire to go there to the anniversary.

Pope FrancisPAP/EPA/Angelo Carcononi

He appealed in a homily to build “solid ties, cultivate friendships” and building unity and brotherhood.

He noted that this year Easter will be celebrated on the same day in Gregorian and Julian calendars – April 20.

“I repeat my appeal that this convergence would serve as a call to all Christians to take a decisive step towards unity in terms of the common date of Easter,” he said.

Then Francis assured: “The Catholic Church is ready to accept the date that everyone wants.” “It's a date of unity,” he said.

Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/Angelo Carcononi



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